Snow Story Time: January 7-8, 2019

Books:
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
It's Snowing! by Olivier Dunrea *
A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann *
Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
Snow by Uri Shulevitz *
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucy Colandro



Craft: Snow Globe Picture
Children colored a picture of a snowglobe before gluing on silver sequins for the snow.

Extension Activities:
- Practice with scissors by making paper snowflakes.  You can also make them out of coffee filters for easier cutting and circular snowflakes.
- Talk with your child about the conditions needed for snow (i.e. water in the air, cold temperatures, etc.).  Include questions such as what times of year we get snow and what they like to do in the snow.


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Snow Story Time: January 11-12, 2016

Books:
If It's Snoway and You Know It, Clap Your Paws! by Kim Norman
It's Snowing! by Olivier Dunrea *
A Kitten Tale by Erick Rohmann *
Snow by Uri Shulevitz *
Snow Day! by Lester Laminack
Snowflakes Fall by Patricia MacLachland
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Craft: Paper Plate Snowglobe
This weeks craft is pictured above.  The kids colored the outer ring of a paper plate before gluing on a snowman cutout and snowflake sequins.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about the different things you can do in the snow (i.e. sledding, building snowman, etc.)
- Read the book Snowflake Bentley and learn about how all snowflakes are unique and completely different.

Snow Story Time: January -7, 2014 - Cancelled due to Snowy Weather

**** NOTE ****
This week's story time was not held due to the snowy weather.  Hopefully, we will be able to share these books and craft at Miss Amy's Story Time @ Chick-Fil-A on Friday, January 10 @ 9:30 a.m.






Books:
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
It's Snowing by Olivier Dunrea
A Kitten's Tale by Eric Rohmann
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley

Craft: Snowflake
This week's craft could be made into either a magnet or an ornament to hang.  Each child was given a snowflake cutout to color and decorate with sparkles.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about the conditions needed for the different types of precipitation (i.e. rain, ice, snow, etc.)
- Talk about the clothing needed during winter to protect from the cold (i.e. Froggy Gets Dressed)